{"product_id":"german-social-democracy-and-the-rise-of-nazism-paperback-softback-9780807857335","title":"German Social Democracy and the Rise of Nazism (Paperback \/ softback) 9780807857335","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGerman Social Democracy and the Rise of Nazism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonna Harsch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807857335\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.333 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe finest chronicle in any language of the twists and turns of the Führer's numerically largest opposition, the German Social Democrats, between 1928 and 1933.--\u003ci\u003eGerman Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e|\u003ci\u003e\"\"[An] absorbing and sympathetic study of the debates within the SPD during the slump.\"\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e|\"\"A valuable addition to the extensive literature on Weimar Germany and can be recommended to all readers interested in that fateful era.\"\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e|\"\"Better than any previous analysis, [Harsch's] book captures the rhythm of events as Social Democrats experienced them.\"\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e|\"\"An important book that is rich in insight and sensitive in its treatment of the difficulties that the leaders of German Social Democracy faced in formulating and implementing an effective response to the challenge of Nazism. Based upon a thorough and careful examination of published and unpublished sources, Harsch's book sheds important new light on the weaknesses of Germany's democratic forces in the last years of the Weimar Republic.\"\"--Larry Eugene Jones, Canisius College\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerman Social Democracy and the Rise of Nazism\u003c\/i\u003e explores the failure of Germany's largest political party to stave off the Nazi threat to the Weimar republic. In 1928 members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) were elected to the chancellorship and thousands of state and municipal offices. But despite the party's apparent strengths, in 1933 Social Democracy succumbed to Nazi power without a fight. Previous scholarship has blamed this reversal of fortune on bureaucratic paralysis, but in this revisionist evaluation, Donna Harsch argues that the party's internal dynamics immobilized the SPD. Harsch looks closely at Social Democratic ideology, structure, and political culture, examining how each impinged upon the party's response to economic disaster, parliamentary crisis, and the Nazis. She considers political and organizational interplay within the SPD as well as interaction between the party, the Socialist trade unions, and the republican defense league. Conceding that lethargy and conservatism hampered the SPD, Harsch focuses on strikingly inventive ideas put forward by various Social Democrats to address the republic's crisis. She shows how the unresolved competition among these proposals blocked innovations that might have thwarted Nazism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670800232728,"sku":"9780807857335","price":35.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/german-social-democracy-and-the-rise-of-nazism-paperback-softback-9780807857335","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}